Restart the machine, this time zapping the PRAM. Hold down the command, option, p and r keys all at the same time during the start-up sequence. The machine should give off a "bong" sound. Let it dow so several times, then release the keys and let it start up.
On Mar 16, 2004, at 2:49 PM, ahw wrote: > I just downloaded and installed the new update on my 17" iMac. > Everything seemed to go smoothly until it reached the point where it > said it needed to restart or shut down. I chose "restart" and left the > room to get a cup of coffee. > > Less than 5 minutes later I returned, expecting to be asked for my > admin password. Instead I see the "swoopy blue" screen and an arrow > pointer. Wiggling the mouse didn't do anything... pressing an arrow > key didn't do anything... pressing the "eject" button opened the > drive door, and pressing it again closed the drive door... and now I > still have the "swoopy blue" screen and a spinning multi-colored > beachball. It has been about 15 minutes now. > > Any suggestions, oh wise ones? > > Alex Whitman > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
